2008年6月8日 星期日

salami, melba, "food design"

With your first course, eat the plates. For your drink, sip out of atulip. And if there's too much sun coming in, close the salami.第一道菜，把盤子一起吃下肚，喝飲料則得從一朵鬱金香裡頭吸出來。如果嫌陽光太強，就把義大利薩拉米香腸關上。Welcome to the world of "food design" where, even if you are not whatyou eat, you eat where you are.歡迎光臨「食物設計」，在這裡，縱使人與吃的食物不盡相符

，還是可以隨遇而食。In Tokyo, home to thousands of restaurants serving cuisine from almostevery nation, the food business hopes to tap a new upscale market byuniting the city's passions for eating and design.東京有數以千計的餐廳，提供的美食幾乎涵蓋各國料理，這裡的食品業者希望結合東京人對美食與設計的熱愛，開發出新的高檔市場。The concept launched in France four years ago has made its first forayinto Tokyo with a five-day exhibition at an interior showroom inOmotesando district that drew thousands of people in for a peek.這個4年前源自法國的概念嘗試向外輸出的首站就是東京在表參道1場為期5天的室內展，引來了數以千計的民眾爭睹。

EuroVox | 09.06.2008 | 05:30

"Flavour of the Year" Entices Shoppers in Germany

melbaPeach poached in vanilla syrup, set in vanilla ice cream with a purée of raspberries. Created by Escoffier, 1892, in honour of the Australian soprano Dame Nelly Melba.

Ever think that food can go out of style? Well, a tour in a German supermarket might make you feel as if you have missed the trend – unless you throw this year's "flavor of the year" into your basket.

Supermarkets in different countries can give you a glimpse into societies, or at least their shoppers. Go shopping in Germany, and you will find it hard to miss the "flavor of the year" phenomenon -- like this year’s Hungarian Salami cream cheese or Strawberry-Cassis jelly -- jumping out at you from every supermarket shelf.